MOVIES - June 29, 1988

It’s a move from the small screen to the large for the Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. The creation of Sony Pictures, a new feature production division of Sony Video Software Co., was announced Tuesday by Sony Video President John O’Donnell. O’Donnell said Sony Pictures will not only be providing its video parent company with product but will also be involved in feature financing and theatrical distribution. Sony Pictures’ initial release will be “Tiger Warsaw,” starring Patrick Swayze and Piper Laurie, a drama to be released in August. That will be followed in October by the thriller “Cameron’s Closet,” starring Mel Harris (from ABC-TV’s “thirtysomething”) and Cotter Smith. O’Donnell said four more pictures are planned by the summer of 1989.